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SA National Aerobatic Championships- Klerksdorp 2019
The South African National Aerobatic Championships took place at the P.C Pelser Airport in Klerksdorp Airport in the North West Province. The event started on the 19 June to the 22nd June 2019. The familiar duck dances seen by pilots before strapping themselves into their aircraft as they went through their sequences before entering the imaginary box in the sky.
Read more on the Klerksdorp Airshow 2019 here…
Klerksdorp Airport provides a number of convenient runways both tar and gravel, for most aerobatic taildragger aircraft, which made it easy access for aircraft flying in and out during the course of the week from Gauteng Airfields and other neighboring provinces.
South African Weather reports did say a nasty cold front was to make landfall over the weekend of the end of the nationals and airshow, but luckily enough we were blessed with all days of the championships having clear skies, hot temperatures and cold nights, while overnighting aircraft were tucked away in hangers and not having to clear frost off canopy’s.
Sportsman
| 1 | Chris Joubert | Zlin 50 | ZS-OKZ | 1113.59 | 1120.12 | 1231.20 | 1552.28 | 5017.20 | 83.620 |
| 2 | Johan Van Solms | Pitts | ZS-MZY | 1028.30 | 1065.54 | 1189.22 | 1433.68 | 4716.74 | 78.612 |
| 3 | Machiel Du Plees | RV 7 | ZU-WMW | 1033.73 | 1070.34 | 1155.83 | 1427.09 | 4686.99 | 78.116 |
| 4 | Jonty Esser | Yak 52 | ZU-DSI | 995.20 | 1036.50 | 1147.41 | 1427.74 | 4606.85 | 76.781 |
| 5 | Alex Caige | Zlin 50 | ZS-OKZ | 995.20 | 1010.36 | 1103.46 | 1389.24 | 4498.26 | 74.971 |
| 6 | Tobie Kock | Yak 52 | ZU-DSI | 973.01 | 735.71 | 1064.03 | 727.98 | 3500.73 | 58.346 |
Intermediate
| Rank | Pilot | Aeroplane | Registration | Totals | O/all % | ||||
| 1 | Steve Brown | Slick 360 | ZU-DXX | 1906.76 | 1831.43 | 1934.91 | 2362.58 | 8035.69 | 81.663 |
| 2 | Glen Warden | Slick 360 | ZU-MDA | 1825.71 | 1657.92 | 2089.26 | 2353.45 | 7926.34 | 80.552 |
| 3 | Jason Beamish | Extra 330LX | ZS-EXT | 1795.33 | 1716.88 | 1988.35 | 2271.83 | 7772.40 | 78.988 |
| 4 | Dustin Hughes | Zlin 50 | ZS-OKZ | 1801.03 | 1796.32 | 1874.03 | 2273.37 | 7744.75 | 78.707 |
| 5 | Andrew Blackwood-Murray | Extra 300 | ZS-AEC | 1725.19 | 1635.07 | 1889.84 | 2233.10 | 7483.20 | 76.049 |
| 6 | Trevor Warner | Pitts | ZU-WIZ | 1640.64 | 1536.59 | 1902.54 | 1994.80 | 7074.57 | 71.896 |
| 7 | Roger Deare | Extra 300 | ZS-OLR | 1706.58 | 633.80 | 1751.49 | 1145.76 | 5237.64 | 53.228 |
Advanced
| Rank | Pilot | Aeroplane | Registration | Totals | O/all % | ||||
| 1 | Eugene Du Preez | Extra 330SC | ZS-THS | 2853.90 | 2673.31 | 3026.41 | 3248.51 | 11802.13 | 82.590 |
| 2 | Gary Glasson | Pitts Falcon | ZU-FTP | 2875.32 | 2653.21 | 2992.35 | 3194.44 | 11715.32 | 81.983 |
| 3 | Mark Sampson | XA41 | ZU-XAX | 2763.75 | 2620.26 | 2541.23 | 3186.80 | 11112.05 | 77.761 |
| 4 | Pierre Du Plooy | Giles 202 | ZU-ZOZ | 2771.10 | 2239.03 | 2827.11 | 3131.09 | 10968.32 | 76.755 |
| 5 | Adam Pucjlowski | Zlin 50 | ZS-OKZ | 2511.37 | 2049.56 | 2775.48 | 2976.08 | 10312.49 | 72.166 |
| 6 | Cliff Lotter | Yak 55 | ZU-EHZ | 2612.53 | 1852.62 | 2767.89 | 2571.76 | 9804.80 | 68.613 |
| 7 | Kayle Wooll | Extra 300 | ZS-BDE | 2542.00 | 2131.35 | 2809.85 | 2249.57 | 9732.76 | 68.109 |
| 8 | Andrew Fletcher | Zlin 50 | ZU-ZLN | 2509.93 | 1577.46 | 2361.06 | 2479.33 | 8927.78 | 62.476 |
Unlimited
| Rank | Pilot | Aeroplane | Registration | Totals | O/all % | ||||
| 1 | Nigel Hopkins | Extra 330SC | ZS-XSC | 3906.92 | 4266.46 | 4116.86 | 4404.62 | 16694.86 | 82.281 |
| 2 | Patrick Davidson | Gamebird | N536GC | 3892.81 | 4215.82 | 3995.54 | 4480.37 | 16584.54 | 81.737 |
| 3 | Barrie Eeles | Extra 330SC | ZS-XBE | 3856.05 | 3785.78 | 3962.48 | 4271.06 | 15875.36 | 78.242 |
Freestyle
| Rank | Pilot | Aeroplane | Registration | 4m Free | Totals | O/all % |
| 1 | Nigel Hopkins | Extra 330SC | ZS-XSC | 3409.97 | 3409.97 | 85.249 |
| 2 | Barrie Eeles | Extra 330SC | ZS-XBE | 3118.77 | 3118.77 | 77.969 |
| 3 | Patrick Davidson | Gamebird | N536GC | 2990.31 | 2990.31 | 74.758 |
| 4 | Mark Hensman | MX2 | N540MX | 2950.14 | 2950.14 | 73.754 |
| 5 | Mark Sampson | XA41 | ZU-XAX | 2712.86 | 2712.86 | 67.822 |
Judges for the SAC 2019 National Championships. Note far backward position on chairs as not to strain the judge’s necks while looking up at the acrobatic box – Cellphone photos by Jonty Esser
A big congratulations goes to the Klerksdorp Airport, Competitors and Annie Boon, Contest Chief Judge John Gaillard, Scoring Director Natalie Stark. Judges John Gaillard, Quintin Hawthorne, Mike Stark, Johnnie Smith and Cindy Weber.
Also a huge thank you to Annie Boon and Cliff Lotter for Keeping Aviation Central up to date during the Champs, Jonty Esser for sending us Photos and videos to share on our Facebook page.
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EAA National Convention-Vryheid 2019
The small town of Vryheid in Kwa-Zulu-Natal,was invaded with all types of small aircraft on the South African aircraft register from
ultralights to former South African Airforce Aircraft.The Experiamental Aircraft Assiaotion played a vital role in the organsing of
this the second event to take place at this airfield as did like last years fly-inn.
South Africa has a wide variety of general aviation and probaly the biggest on the African continant.and as the fly-inns are a
great way to discover how many aircraft congrigate to these events are a aviation enthieasts crem-til-le-crem.
Friday the 26th April 2019 aircraft from all places around the contry made their way to Vryheid where visiting aircraft and pilots
were treted to hospitality from the local flying club contigent and EAA members. Lets also not forget Neil Bowden’s mini Oshkosh set up camp where tents were set up for pilots and clean ablution blocks close to the vicinity of the camp site on the field.
Most pilots camped next to their aircraft for the weekend, most of the aircraft arriving on the Friday during the course of the day. Braai packs were available for purchase and a aviation vibe kept the folk social until the early hours into Saturday morning.
The following day abit of low cloud and mist,which delyaed
a couple of aircraft arriving in for the day but quickly burnt off and a hot condtions were install for the remainder of the day.
The days activities consisted of a adventure rally, which a number of aircraft took place. A flypast was held for EAA member Klaus
Keuchel and his partner Maxine Fietch who lost their lives last year when they crashed in a Taylorcraft on their way home from Vryheid .The missing man formation was in the form of a Beechcraft Bonanza, a Vans RV7 and RV10.
The a EAA 322 Annual General Meeting also took place and announcements were made for the future of the EAA in South Africa.Other safety meetings also took place with the likes of Santjie White,Fred Bebbington and a few others.
A great dinner was served with a awards evening on the best judged aircraft of the day. A 100+ aircraft flew in for the weekend, some didn’t as said before with inclement weather stopping arrivals on Saturday morning.We look forward to next years event hosted by the
Pietermaritzburg flying Club.
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Nylstroom Taildraggers Fly-in 2018
Modimolle, formerly Nylstroom, is a town located near the southern edge of the Waterberg Massif in Limpopo province, South Africa. It is a medium-sized town that focuses primarily on agriculture and farming as well as wildlife and tourism. The Nylstroom Flying Club is home to the annual Taildragger Fly-in since 2010 and supports & promotes the ‘Fly Safe’-campaign. This was the 9th annual fly in.
The 2018 fly-in was yet again a great turnout and well organized by members of the Nylstroom Flying Club and Tayla-Kaè, Richard Nicholson , wife Mariette, sons Richard and Phillip made the event possible. A total of 106 aircraft made it into Nylstroom this year, as the weather didn’t behave most of the weekend, but it was a blessing it didn’t get rained out.Safety Officer, Nigel Musgrave kept aircraft from any incidents what so ever and allocated them to their parking, with help of the marshals.
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Breakfast was served for pilots and free coffee, and the afternoon one could buy a local boerewors roll or burger and not forgetting the pancakes.
ATNS controllers made sure all aircraft got in and out of the busy airfield with no hassles during the course of the weekend. Some of the aircraft such as the Cessna 195 owned by Archie Kemp who flew in with the ‘General’ Brian Stableford.Ivan van der Schaar flew in with his beautiful Brakpan based Boeing Stearman. Derek Hopkins flew in with his new RV7 ZU-POP and Peter Lea in his RV10 from Barberton.
A couple of helicopters’ also flew in for the day ranging from Alouette IIIs and IIs and a single Bell 206 and Aerospatiale Gazelle.
Most of the visitors decided to leave the Saturday morning due to some weather pulling in, others that stayed were treated to a spit braai and awards dinner and a night of socializing. Next year we look forward to the net Taildraggers fly in.
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Jarryd flew in on ZU-OKR, a Pakistan MFI-17 Mushshak while Flippie and Lettie drove up and made a weekend of it staying at Bushveld Game Farm what a nice get away venue for a few days.